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Page 1: The Citric Acid Cycle Mary Gearing. Problems with this pathway Where does the oxaloacetate come from? How do we convert oxaloacetate to malate?

The Citric Acid Cycle

Mary Gearing

Page 2: The Citric Acid Cycle Mary Gearing. Problems with this pathway Where does the oxaloacetate come from? How do we convert oxaloacetate to malate?
Page 3: The Citric Acid Cycle Mary Gearing. Problems with this pathway Where does the oxaloacetate come from? How do we convert oxaloacetate to malate?

Problems with this pathway

• Where does the oxaloacetate come from?

• How do we convert oxaloacetate to malate?

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Where in the world is 1.1.1.37?

• BLAST our genome against 1.1.1.37 (H. salinarium)

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Mistaken identity???

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Different BLAST result

Page 7: The Citric Acid Cycle Mary Gearing. Problems with this pathway Where does the oxaloacetate come from? How do we convert oxaloacetate to malate?
Page 8: The Citric Acid Cycle Mary Gearing. Problems with this pathway Where does the oxaloacetate come from? How do we convert oxaloacetate to malate?
Page 9: The Citric Acid Cycle Mary Gearing. Problems with this pathway Where does the oxaloacetate come from? How do we convert oxaloacetate to malate?

Can our organism convert pyruvate to oxaloacetate? (Enzyme 6.4.1.1)

PyruvatePyruvate

OxaloacetateOxaloacetate

6.4.1.16.4.1.1

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BLASTing our genome

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Both correspond to EC number 2.3.3.13 (2-isopropylmalate synthase)

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So where does the oxaloacetate come from anyway?

• Aspartate metabolism

• Glycoxylate metabolism

L-aspartateL-aspartate OxaloacetateOxaloacetate2.6.1.12.6.1.1

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Unanswered Questions

Oxaloacetate/malate conversion

Pyruvate/oxaloacetate conversion

We still don’t know if these processes occur in H. utahensis.